E4 Sets UK Premiere Date For ‘Revenge’

The first season of ABC’s drama series Revenge will receive its UK premiere on E4 on Monday May 28th at 9pm, it has been announced.

Revenge was created by Mike Kelley and is a modern day take on the story of The Count Of Monte Cristo. The series stars Emily VanCamp, Madeleine Stowe, Gabriel Mann, Henry Czerny, Ashley Madekwe, Nick Wechsler, Joshua Bowman, Connor Paolo and Christa B. Allen and revolves around VanCamp’s character, Emily Thorne/Amanda Clake, who moves to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the people who framed her father and got him convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

The show is currently airing on ABC in the United States where, season to date, the series has averaged 7.8 million total viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic in live+same day. ABC has already renewed the series for a second season, which will air next fall on Sunday nights, in the 9pm time-slot previously occupied by Desperate Housewives.